474 



CICHLID.E. 



16. LAMPROLOGUS CUNNINGTONI. 

 Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. xvii. 1906, p. 557, pi. xxxvi. fig. 2. 



Depth of body 3f to 4£ times in total length, length of head 3£ times. 

 Head twice as long as broad, with straight or slightly convex upper 

 profile ; snout obtusely pointed, 1^ to 2 times as long as eye, which is 

 contained 4 to 5 times in length of head and 1 to lj times in interorbital 

 width; mouth not extending quite to below anterior border of eye; 

 6 large canines in front of upper jaw, 4 in front of lower, followed by a 

 rather broad band of minute villiform teeth; lateral teeth small; cheek 

 naked. Gill-rakers short, 7 or 8 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal 

 XX-XXI 10-11 ; spines increasing in length to the last, which 

 measures about ^ to f length of head ; soft dorsal acutely pointed 

 behind, longest ray \ to § length of head. Anal V 7-8 ; last spine as long 



Fig. 325. 



mm** : 

 IIP 



Lnmprologus cunningioni. 

 Type (P. Z. S. 1906). g. 



as last dorsal spine. Pectoral f to § length of head. Ventral reaching 

 vent or a little beyond. Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle 1| to 1^ 

 times as long as deep. Scales 83-87 ojrjf; lateral lines ^53- Greyish 

 brown above, white beneath ; small light spots on the sides ; five or six 

 more or less distinct dark bars across the back ; vertical fins brown, with 

 rather indistinct small roundish light spots. Young with seven or eight 

 regular dark bars on the body. 



Total length 190 millim. 



Lake Tanganyika. 





1-2. Types. 



Moliro. 



3-4. Yg. 



Mbete. 



5. Hgr. 



Sonjnve. 

 



6-7. Ad. & hgr. 



Kilewa Bay. 



Dr. W. A. Cunnington (C). 

 Dr. L. Slappers (C). 



